We’re not gonna get married. We’re gonna get purified!

Back to October 25th, Amsterdam — a city surrendering itself to electronic music for five days and five nights.

More than 300 locations, thousands of souls drifting from club to warehouse to sacred spaces, all drawn by one magnetic force: ADE, the world’s beating heart of electronic culture!

A gathering where artists, fans, dreamers, and dancers merge into one organism.

Tonight the four of us –
a superfan (my partner in crime),
me,
and our husbands –
are on a mission.
The chapel awaits.
Nora En Pure awaits.
Purified Records in full force.

We slip inside just in time to hear Eelke Kleijn’s song Transmission echoeing through the chapel.

The tone is set!

The space is alive!

We wander through the crowd, hunting for the perfect vantage point. First we try ground level,
Until we spot an opening upstairs by the balcony.
A place where you can see everything, feel everything, breathe with the room.

We slide ourselves next to a couple seemingly fused to the floor,
the only awkward moment of the evening!

And then…

Every trace of tension dissolves.
Every distraction fades.
Because she arrives.
Nora En Pure!

A bright smile cutting through the haze.
A presence that doesn’t dominate the room,

She elevates it.

She plays as if she’s channeling something bigger,
For a moment,
it feels like the walls breathe with us.
Like time loosens its grip.
Like purity is not a concept,
but an experience.

And we were privileged to witness it,                                          

To be part of a moment that slips through time,

Yet stays carved in our memories for a lifetime!